While playing in the yard at his home near Pruitt, in
Banks county, John Sorrells, aged 20, accidentally
shot and killed his sister, aged 14.
He held in his hand a shotgun that he thought was not
loaded. While standing within 8 feet of his sister he
playfully remarked:
"I'll shoot you."
Taking aim, he pulled the trigger and the load in the
gun was discharged, passing through the joint of the
shoulder blade into the body, from which death
resulted in forty minutes.
It is feared that the young man will become mentally unbalanced.
